Thunderbolt (Japanese: １０まんボルト100,000 Volts) is a damage-dealing Electric-typemove introduced in Generation I. It was TM24 in Generation I before losing its status in Generation II. It returned to being TM24 from Generation III onwards.

Effect

Generation I

Thunderbolt does damage and has a 10% chance of paralyzing the target. Thunderbolt cannot paralyze Electric-type Pokémon.

Generations II to V

Thunderbolt can now paralyze Electric-type Pokémon.

Generation VI

Thunderbolt's power changed from 95 to 90. It can no longer paralyze Electric-type Pokémon.

In other games

Thunderbolt is the only move of Pikachu and Jolteon. It has a chance to paralyze. It shares this attack shape with Venoshock.

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Power ★★★★

Orange squares indicate hit area.Blue squares indicate area Pokémon the Pokémon will need to move to perform the move.Red squares indicate the knockback on hit Pokémon. Table assumes the Pokémon is in the square marked by ^.

Watchog's cheeks release yellow sparks of electricity, which then move throughout its entire body. Its body then becomes surrounded in yellow electricity and it fires a beam of yellow electricity from its body at the opponent.

Joltik releases a powerful blast of yellow electricity from its body at the opponent or Joltik's body becomes surrounded in yellow electricity and it fires a beam of electricity from its body at the opponent.

A bolt of lightning comes down from above Pikachu and strikes it. When the lightning hits Pikachu, it causes a large explosion of electricity around itself, or an orb of electricity appears in front of Pikachu's tail and it fires multiple lightning bolts from the orb at the opponent.